Excessive uneven front tyre wear.

Freeman

Freeman

Freeman

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Hi

I wonder if you guys have any suggestions...

I recently noticed some extreme uneven front tyre wear on my Bonneville. It's on the front right side.

So far I've ruled out:

Under inflation - I always keep the pressures to the recommended specs in the handbook and have been on sites like triumphrat to confirm the pressures with other users.

The tyres themselves - I recently swapped out the old Metzelers for Avons. The same problem is happening.

Road camber - This didn't happen when I purchased the bike and other bikes along a similar work commute route do not have the problem.

I've not knocked or fallen off the bike and I've kept the chain tension between 20mm-30mm as recommended.

So I'm a bit stuck. It's still within warranty so I guess that will be my last call unless anyone has some suggestions?

Thanks.
 
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Freeman said:
Hi

I wonder if you guys have any suggestions...

I recently noticed some extreme uneven front tyre wear on my Bonneville. It's on the front right side.

So far I've ruled out:

Under inflation - I always keep the pressures to the recommended specs in the handbook and have been on sites like triumphrat to confirm the pressures with other users.

The tyres themselves - I recently swapped out the old Metzelers for Avons. The same problem is happening.

Road camber - This didn't happen when I purchased the bike and other bikes along a similar work commute route do not have the problem.

I've not knocked or fallen off the bike and I've kept the chain tension between 20mm-30mm as recommended.

So I'm a bit stuck. It's still within warranty so I guess that will be my last call unless anyone has some suggestions?

Thanks.
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Has you wheel been balanced.
 
Weird thing is, they're worn so much on the one side it looks like he's done 2k+ miles. There's a strip that looks just as worn as my 3k tyres and he's only done something like 200. I wouldn't expect any visible wearing after just 200 miles!
 
Craig321 said:
Weird thing is, they're worn so much on the one side it looks like he's done 2k+ miles. There's a strip that looks just as worn as my 3k tyres and he's only done something like 200. I wouldn't expect any visible wearing after just 200 miles!
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It's not a Bridgestone by any chance? The front BT021 on my Aprilia RSV wore pretty much flat on the right hand side as though I had been roundabout surfing for a few hours (I hadn't!). I've not had any other tyres wear the same way.
 
Pics would help a lot to solve this one OP. RH wear being more than LH wear on a front tyre in the uk would be expected, even more so if you normally use a lot of roundabouts.
 
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